MANCHESTER - The Timberlane of Plaistow softball team defeated Manchester Central 2-0 Friday, but the bad news for Central didn't end there.

Little Green senior catcher Alexis Lievens suffered what could be a serious knee injury after hitting a double in the fourth inning. Lievens rounded second, but then fell to the ground while attempting to get back to the base.

"Rounded the bag, went to stop and I think that's when the knee gave out on her," Central coach Josh Borge said. "Her parents took her down to urgent care, and we'll just have to await word. She's a tough kid."

Timberlane pitcher Kate Hoadley provided the other major storyline Friday. Hoadley, a freshman, held Central to two hits and struck out a 12. Timberlane is 8-0 and Hoadley has six of the eight victories.

"I expected to be good, but not as good as we're doing right now. Defensively we're much better than we've been, and we're playing as a team."

Central pitcher Sarah Lavallee limited Timberlane to four hits and didn't walk a batter, but the Owls came up with two unearned runs in the third. Jennifer Trodella reached on an error, took second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Masha Lange's single. Lange later scored on Caroline Salvaneschi's infield groundout.

Hoadley struck out five of the last eight batters she faced, and didn't allow a baserunner after Lievens doubled. Kindred St. Germain collected Central's other hit, a single in the third.

"(Hoadley) had nice movement on her pitches, too," Borge said. "She did a brilliant job out there, she really did."

Timberlane will face Dover at home in a battle of unbeatens on Monday. Dover raised its Division I record to 7-0 by beating Londonderry 9-6 on Friday. Central is now 4-3.

Lievens, who was also the team's starting catcher as a junior, became the second Central player to go down with a knee injury this season. One day after Central opened its season with an 11-0 victory over Alvirne, starting shortstop Kim Leiter suffered a knee injury in practice. Although she hasn't been ruled out for the year, Leiter hasn't played in a game since the injury.

"(Lievens) plays through every injury, so she was definitely in pain out there," Borge said. "She's been doing a great job at catcher and she's been hitting the ball around, too. She's a huge part of this team."